Daniel Evans and Kei Nishikori will play each other in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on STADIUM 5. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kei Nishikori who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kei Nishikori is the pick to win this match.
Kei Nishikori -> 1.54
Daniel Evans -> 2.55
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Prediction and head to head Daniel Evans vs. Kei Nishikori
This will be the 5th time that Daniel Evans and Kei Nishikori square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Nishikori (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Nishikori won 1-6 6-1 7-6(3) 1-6 6-4 in the 1st round in at the French Open back in 2020.
Highlights Kei Nishikori vs Daniel Evans – French Open 27-September-2020
Daniel Evans
Ranked no. 22 (career-high), Daniel will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match in San Diego where he lost 7-6(3) 6-3 to Norrie in the 2nd round on the 30th of September.
Daniel has an aggregate 23-19 win-loss record in 2021, 11-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in in Melbourne where he defeated Felix Auger Aliassime in the final 6-2 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, The Brit has an overall 500-296 record. He has a positive 213-111 record on hard.
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2017. See his history.
Kei Nishikori
Ranked no. 52, Nishikori reached the 2nd round after defeating Joao Sousa 6-75 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round against Sousa, The Japanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-3 6-2). During the match Nishikori scored 104 points vs Sousa’s 88. Kei was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Nishikori made 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Kei Nishikori lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Nishikori put 60% of his first serves in, winning 63% (35/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (21/37) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Sousa 7 times after converting 39% of his break points (7/18).
The Japanese’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Washington.
Kei has a compiled 26-16 win-loss record in 2021, 15-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Denis KudlaKudla (6-1 7-60) – See score progression
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Kevin AndersonAnderson – Jordan ThompsonThompson (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (6-3 3-6 7-62) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (6-73 6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Steve JohnsonJohnson (6-75 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Feliciano LopezLopez (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Renzo OlivoOlivo (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Joao SousaSousa (6-75 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Benoit PairePaire (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-77 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Vasek PospisilPospisil – Jeff WolfWolf (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Guido PellaPella – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (1-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Maxime CressyCressy – Laslo DjereDjere (6-73 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Denis KudlaKudla (6-1 7-6(0)) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (6-3 3-6 7-6(2)) – See score progression
- Kevin AndersonAnderson – Jordan ThompsonThompson (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Cem IlkelIlkel (7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (6-7(3) 6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Emilio GomezGomez – Facundo BagnisBagnis (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (7-6(4) 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andy MurrayMurray – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- John IsnerIsner – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Kevin AndersonAnderson – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Daniel EvansEvans (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Guido PellaPella – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Emilio GomezGomez – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Gianluca MagerMager (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jack SockSock – John MillmanMillman (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Maxime CressyCressy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Federico CoriaCoria – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Christopher EubanksEubanks (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taro DanielDaniel – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Casper RuudRuud (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (5-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian GarinGarin – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Roberto MarcoraMarcora (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (4-3) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Pablo AndujarAndujar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Carlos TabernerTaberner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Vasek PospisilPospisil (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-1) – H2H and prediction